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THE VOLUNTEER GAZETTE. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, Jan. 10. Honourable Artillery Company of London-Lieut., with the rank of Capt., John William Parker Field to be capt.-22nd Aug., 1862; Lieut. Moss Defries to be capt, vice Bowra,_resigned; Ens. Henry Howard Hayward to be lieut., vice Ritherdon, promoted; Ens. Henry Jervis Alfred to be lieut., vice Defries.

1st London Artillery Volunteer Corps-First Lieut. Richard Augustine Fitzgerald Studdert, halfpay, Royal Marine Artillery, to be adjt., from the 22nd Dec., 1864.

Queen's (Westminster) Rifle Volunteer Corps-Ens. Henry Bayley Mason to be lieut., vice Burge, promoted; Ens. Merton Anthony Thoms to be lieut., vice Homfray, promoted.

48th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps-Thomas Farmer Hodges to be ens.

7th Denbighshire Rifle Volunteer Corps-Henry Rogers, gent., to be lieut.

12th Hertfordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps-John Gurney Hawkins, jun., to be ens.

4th Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps-Alexander Craig Gibson, gent, to be hon. assist.-surg.

3rd Administrative Battalion of Lancashire Rifle VolunteersMajor John Hargreaves to be lieut -col.

3rd Manchester or 40th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer CorpsThomas Oxley, gent., to be ens., vice Whitehead, deceased.

1st Warwickshire Rifle Volun

teer Corps-Ens. John Walford to be lieut., vice Ledsam, resigned; John Courtenay Lord to be ens., vice Walford, promoted.

4th East Riding of Yorkshire Artillery Volunteer Corps-First Lieut. Nicholas Frank Dobree to be capt., vice Maxted, resigned; Sec. Lieut. Joseph Hickson Peart to be first lieut., vice Dobree, promoted.

1st East Riding of Yorkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps Lieut. Gilbert Wilkinson to be capt., vice Lucas, resigned; Samuel Walliker, Esq., to be lieut., vice Wilkinson, promoted.

WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, Jan. 13. 4th Tower Hamlets Rifle Volunteer Corps Percy Bingham Schreiber, Esq., late Lieut. 1st Regiment of Foot, to be adjt., from the 27th Dec., 1864.

3rd Gloucestershire Artillery. Volunteer Corps First Lieut. John Knight to be capt., vice Heyworth, resigned.

Liverpool Press Guard or 80th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps -Lutwidge Affleck Scott, gent., to be lieut., vice Simpson, resigned.

26th Kent Rifle Volunteer Corps -Ens. James Foggie to be lieut., vice Spiller, promoted.

2nd Northumberland Artillery Volunteer Corps-His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., to be hon.-col.

[The following appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of the 23rd ult.]

2nd Surrey Artillery Volunteer Corps-John Walker, gent, to be sec. lieut., vice George Thomas Cross, promoted.

[The following appointments are substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of the 5th ultimo:-]

1st Midlothian Artillery Volunteer Corps-First Lieut. James Taylor Riddock to be capt., vice Stewart, promoted.

Memorandum-Adjt. G. Mackay of the 1st Administrative Batta

lion of Midlothian Rifle Volunteers, to serve with the rank of Capt.

THE ARMY GAZETTE. **Where not otherwise specified, the following Commissions bear the current date.

WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, Jan. 17.

5th Regiment of Foot-Maj.Gen. William Longworth Dames to be col, vice Gen. William Lovelace Walton, deceased-12th Jan.

8th Regiment of Hussars-Lieut. Henry Crawley Norris, from 73rd Foot, to be lieut., vice Swindley, who exchanges.

12th Lancers-Lieut. De Burgho Edward Hodge to be capt., by purchase, vice John Cuninghame, who retires; Cor. John Edward Pearce Hooper to be lieut., by purchase, vice Hodge; George Arthur Thompson, gent., to be cor., by purchase, vice Hooper.

14th Hussars-Cor. Thos. Kington Baker to be lieut., by purchase, vice Rawdon John Cortland Thompson, who retires; Ens. Malcolm Alfred Laing, from the 18th Foot, to be cor., vice Baker.

Royal Artillery-Staff Assist.Surg. Thomas Stawell Barry to be assist.-surg., vice George Arthur Grant, deceased.

Grenadier Guards-Maj. and Brevet-Col. Edward G. Wynyard to be lieut.-col., vice Brev.-Col. John Arthur Lambert, promoted, to be major-gen.-27th Dec., 1864; Capt. and Lieut.-Col. and Brev.Col. Henry Frederick Ponsonby to be major, vice Brevet-Col. Wynyard-27th Dec., 1864; Lieut. and Capt. and Brevet-Major Richard Lyons Otway Pearson to be capt. and lieut.-col., without purchase, vice Brevet-Col. Ponsonby -27th Dec., 1864; Ens. and Lieut. Frederick William Duncombe to be lieut. and capt., without purchase, vice Brev.-Maj. Pearson27th Dec., 1864.

5th Regiment of Foot-Capt. George William Frederick Davie Smith, from 29th Foot, to be capt., vice Maycock, who exchanges.

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9th Foot Ens. Marsden S. James Sunderland to be lieut., by purchase, vice Richard Fenton,

who retires; Albert Chas. Pickering, gent., to be ens., by purchase, vice Sunderland.

18th Foot-Gent.-Cadet George William Nesbit Rogers, from the Royal Military College, to be ens., by purchase, vice Malcolm Alfred Laing, transferred to 14th Hussars.

25th Foot-Maj. and Brevet Lieut.-Col. Patrick Robertson has been permitted to take, use, and bear the surname of Ross, in addition to and after that of Robertson.

27th Foot-Lieut. Thos. Oliver Wingate, from the 74th Foot, to be lieut., vice Glasgow, who exchanges.

29th Foot Capt. Frederick Maycock, from 5th Foot, to be capt., vice Smith, who exchanges.

40th Foot-Capt. Walter Higgin, from 65th Foot, to be capt., vice Lewis, who exchanges.

59th Foot-Lieut. Duncan Tylden Chisholm, from 3rd West India Regiment, to be lieut., vice Shephard, who exchanges.

60th Foot-The surname of Ens. appointed on 30th ult., vice Warren, promoted, is Dick-Lauder, and not Dick-Lander.

65th Foot--Capt. Joseph Wm. Lewis, from 40th Foot, to be capt., vice Higgin, who exchanges.

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73rd Foot Lieut. Frederick Swindley, from 8th Hussars, to be lieut., vice Norris, who exchanges.

74th Foot-Lieut. Robert Bruce Robertson Glasgow, from 27th Foot, to be lieut., vice Wingate, who exchanges.

98th Foot-Capt. and Brev.Maj. Edward Grantham to be maj., without purchase, vice Francis Haden Crawford, deceased19th Nov., 1864; Lieut. Charles Henry Griffin to be capt., without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Grantham-19th Nov., 1864; Ens. Henry William Roberts to be lieut., without purchase, vice Griffin 19th Nov., 1864: Ens. Augustus Keith Abbott, from the 9th Foot, to be ens., vice Roberts.

109th Foot - Lieut. Richard Charles Clarke, from the 1st West India Regt., to be lieut., vice Jackson, who exchanges.

Rifle Brigade-The Hon. Neville Gerald Lyttleton to be ens., by purchase, vice Thomas Blackborne T. Hildyard, who retires.

1st West India Regiment-Lt. John Charles Jackson, from 100th Foot, to be lieut., vice Clarke, who exchanges.

3rd West India Regiment-Lt. John Shephard from 59th Foot, to be lieut., vice Chisholm, who exchanges.

STAFF.

Major and Brevet-Col. the Hon. Hugh Clifford, Unattached, to be assist.-quart.-mast -gen. at HeadQuarters, vice Major and BrevetCol. E. H. F. Pocklington, appointed a Member of the Council of Military Education-1st Jan.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

Staff Surg.-Major Geo. Murray Webster, M.D., to be permitted to retire upon half-pay, with the hon. rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals.

BREVET.

The following promotions to take place consequent on the death of Gen. Sir William Tuyll, Col. of the 7th Hussars, on 26th Dec., 1864

Lieut.-Gen. Alexander Fisher Macintosh, Col. 93rd Foot, to be gen.-27th Dec., 1864.

Maj.-Gen Sir William R. Mansfield, K.C.B., Col., 38th Foot, promoted for distinguished service and Supernumerary to the Fixed Establishment of General Officers, to have the rank of Lieut.-Gen.27th Dec., 1864.

Maj.-Gen. George Moncrieff to be lieut.-gen.-27th Dec., 1864.

Col. John Arthur Lambert, from Lieut.-Col. Grenadier Guards, to be maj.-gen.-27th Dec., 1864.

Major William Roberts, 28th Foot, to be lieut.-col.-27th Dec., 1864.

Capt. Michael E. Smith, Unattached, Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be maj.-27th Dec, 1864.

Memorandum-Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to command that Brevet-Colonel Evelyn Henry Frederick Pocklington, half-pay, late of the 52nd Foot,

be appointed a Member of the Council of Military Education, in succession to Brevet-Col. Joseph Edward Addison, appointed Major and Superintendent of Studies at the Royal Military College - 1st Jan.

THE MILITIA GAZETTE. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, Jan. 17.

Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Regiment of Militia-Maj. Alexander Boddam to be lieut.-col, vice Mellish, deceased.

Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry Cavalry-Major Samuel William Welfitt to be lieut.-col.-comt., vice the Duke of Newcastle, deceased.

West Suffolk Regiment of Militia-The Most Hon. Frederick William John, Marquess of Bristol, to be hon.-col., vice the Marquess of Bristol, deceased.

West Kent Light Infantry Militia-Lieut. Charles Gustavus Whittaker the younger to be capt., vice Robinson, promoted; John Drummond, Esq., late Lieut. 10th Hussars, to be capt., vice Weller, promoted.

Memoranda-Hertfordshire Regiment of Militia-Adjt. Henry Grimston Hale to serve with the rank of Capt. The Queen has been graciously pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held in this Regt. by Capt. William Majoribanks.

THE VOLUNTEER GAZETTE. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, Jan. 17.

29th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps-Arthur Pilcher to be ens., vice Reynolds, promoted.

1st Administrative Battalion of Nottinghamshire Rifle Volunteers -Henry Eyre, Esq., late Lieut. Rifle Brigade, to be lieut.-col., vice Parkyns, resigned; John Henry Becher, Esq, to be maj.; the Rev. Arthur Brook to be hon. chap.

2nd Nottinghamshire Rifle Volunteer Corps-Sherard Beaumont James Burnaby, gent., to be ens., vice Burnaby, resigned.

4th Nottinghamshire Rifle Volunteer Corps-George D'Arcy

Clarke, gent., to be lieut, vice Seeley, promoted.

6th Nottinghamshire Rifle Volunteer Corps-Ens. Christopher Carter Footiť to be lieut., vice Dominichetti, resigned; John Broadbent, gent., to be ens., vice Foottit, promoted.

7th Nottinghamshire Rifle Volunteer Corps Lieut. Henry Sweet Hodding to be capt., vice Moson, resigned; Ens. David Alderson to be lieut., vice Hodding, promoted; George Roche Lucas, gent., to be ens., vice Alderson, promoted.

8th Nottinghamshire Rifle Volunteer Corps-Lieut. Jonas Bettison Warwick to be capt., vice Becher, resigned.

1st Anglesey Artillery Volunteer Corps-The Rev. Owen Williams Jones, B.A., Clerk, to be hon. chap.

13th Kent Artillery Volunteer Corps-The Rev. William Robert Lyon Bennett to be hon. chap., vice the Rev. R. Wilson, resigned.

33rd Kent Rifle Volunteer Corps -Lieut. Sir Nelson Rycroft, Bart., to be capt., vice Lambarde, resigned; Ens. the Earl of Brecknock to be lieut., vice Rycroft, pro moted; Charles Alfred William Rycroft to be ens., vice Lord Brecknock, promoted.

1st Devonshire Light Horse Volunteer Corps-Hon. and Rev. Grahame Colborne to be hon. chap.

1st or Exeter and South Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps-Ens. Joseph Harding to be lieut., vice Truscott, resigned; Ens Arthur Cranch Drake to be lieut., vice Spreat, resigned; Dionysius Wm. Tremewen to be ens., vice Truscott, promoted; Henry Shaw, M.D., to be surg., vice De la Garde, resigned.

4th Administrative Battalion of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers James Pearson Fletcher, Esq., to be maj., vice Bowers, resigned.

55th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps-John Jones, gent, to be ens., vice Knott, resigned.

WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, Jan. 20. 19th Lancashire Artillery Volun

teer Corps-Sec. Lieut. Thomas Brown to be first lieut., vice Warburton, promoted.

13th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps-John Wrigley, gent., to be lieut.

60th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps-James Bayley Knott, Esq., to be capt., vice James Pearson Fletcher, resigned; Charles Richards, gent., to be ens., vice Ralph Fletcher, resigned.

76th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps-Lieut. Alfred Topp to be capt.; George Galloway, gent., to be lieut., vice Topp, promoted.

1st Lancashire Artillery Volunteer Corps Sec. Lieut. Louis Charles Alexander to be first lieut., vice H. K. Dick, resigned.

4th Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps-Ens. Alexander Sloan to be lieut., vice M. Muir, promoted; Henry Broadley Reid, gent., to be ens., vice Robert Gray, resigned.

31st Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps Archibald Kennedy, Esq., to be capt., vice A. G. McCormick, resigned.

42nd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps-Lieut. James Godfrey Booth to be capt., vice Thomas Scott, resigned; David Law Selkirk, gent., to be lieut., vice Booth, promoted; William Kirkbride Thornhill, gent., to be ens., vice William Barr, resigned.

9th Bedfordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps-James Howard, Esq., to be capt., vice Green, resigned.

3rd Cambridgeshire Rifle Volunteer Corps-Colin Campbell Finlay to be ens., vice Rankin, resigned.

26th Kent Rifle Volunteer Corps Lieut. Richard Edmonds to be capt, vice Sandeman, resigned; Lieut. William Henry Jones to be capt., vice Elliott, resigned; Ens. John George Berry to be lieut., vice Jones, promoted.

1st Midlothian Artillery Volunteer Corps-First Lieut. Charles Morrison to be capt., vice Young, resigned.

22nd Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteer Corps--Donald Brown, gent., to be ens., vice Robertson, promoted.

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OSWALD HASTINGS, OR THE ADVENTURES OF A QUEEN'S AIDE-DE-
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MARSHAL DE ST. ARNAUD

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ROYAL SCHOOL FOR DAUGHTERS OF THE ARMY, LANSDOWN, BATH

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CORRESPONDENCE.-On Amalgamation.-The Royal Artillery.-
Combination of Artillery and Cavalry.-Adjutants of Volunteer
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